Drive-chain



WTN. WHITELEY,

` DRIVE CHAIN.

No. B4-21952. PatentedJuly 16,1895.

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i 'um d PNOTUiWO by SACKETTb WILHEL -5 CORP. NY.

ITD STATES .PATENT IGFFICE.-

` WILLIAM N. WHITELEY', oir-SPRINGFIELD, OHIO- DRIVE-CHAIN.

'NSPECIFICATVIONV' forrningpart of Letters Patent No. 542,952, dated July 16, 1895.

Appcation tiled December 1f7 To @Mu/hom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, WILLIAM N. WHrrELEY,

a citizen ot the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State 5 of Ollio, have invented certain lnewand use-` ful Improvements Ain Driving-Chains,. of` which the following is a full, clear, and exact. description,.ret`erence being had' to the ac` companying drawings, attached hereto' and xo forming apart of this specification.

a My v'invention' relates to-that class of chains v known as driving-chains for harvesters and other purposes; and it consists informing a `chain of detachable links,each a counterpart i5 oflthe others, pivoted and held together lby transverse pins ,suitably secured in their places by-means hereinafter more particularly described. j l Mychain 'is an improvement in that special zo class of .orving-chains in which the links may be disconnected when in line with each other ,and without turning them into' a position at an angle to each other. In the dra-wings, Figurel is a view'ot the z5 dat side of my chain. -2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspe'ctive.View of' one of the links. Figsj-t, 5, and 6 are perspective views of -three terms ofptransverse pins employed in my chain.

Similarletters referto like parts in the several views. l i.

' 4 Each link is a counterpart of the other and consists ot' a longitudinally-perforated crossbar A,having formed upon it, nearly at right angles, two side bars on' jaws B B', expanded A sufficiently to receive thfe cross-bar of the next link and perforated transversely with holes -D D of like diameter is the hole E t-hrough the length of the cross-bar A.

4o `At one lside ot' the [hole D, through one of the jaws B, is formedi a slot d, (see Fig. 3,) to receive a correspondi'ng rib or web cl2- on the transverse pins C. l

Upon the inside-off the side bars or jaws be formed the shoulders b b, which rest against the cross-bar A of the next link, thus preventing any locseness that' might arise from the transverse pins C not fitting the holes D and E perfectly.; The shoulders hb also 4s may 5o form-guides for conducting. -the sprockets into their places in the; center of each link if nec-` essary. lf

,hammer or-by a cold-chisel.

v-arated from the transverse pin.

and '6 the armor arms are integral with the ,1885. Serial No. 185,923. (No model.)

a chain they may be placed in a straight line, as shown in Figs'. land 2, the jaws B B embracing the cross-bar A of the next link, in which position the' transverse pins C, C2, C3, C", and C may be introduced and secured, as hereinafter described. The transverse pinsC are constructed with the usual' form ot' head fla, under which and extending along a short distance on the b'ody oliA the pin is a rib orweb d?, which, when the pin is in place, engages in the slot d at one side of the-hole D in the jaws B, thus preventing the pin from turning in the jaws B B and causing the wearing-surface to extend over the-whole length of the To connect lthe several links soas to form pin within the ,cross-bar A,by which means the pins and jaws wear much longer than they wou'ldif the pins werefallowed to turn freely in the 4jaws B 'I havev devised the pin C in its place. In the first (represented inFig. 4, and at C5, Figs. l and 2) the pin has a transverse hole throughit in which the spring-key c3 of the usual form is inserted.

Figs. l and 2, in which the pin has formed upon it a'projecting -lip c. The pin is placed in position -as-shown and the lip c bent over by a blow of the hammer, as seen at C?. The third form is shown in Fig. 6 and at C4, Figs. 1

-several methods of holding 'i -Tle second form is shown at Fig. 5 and C, y

and 2, in which the pin has a slot or groove cut in it similar 4to. the slot in a screw-head, except that it is much wider and deeper, as seen at c4. T he pin is placed in position and the two 'parts formed by the slot bent outward, as shown at c5, by a blow from the peen of a In each of these instances the pin .is provided with a projecting arxn or arms which ar-e conveniently movable relative to the pin to hold or to-release it. In"Fig. 4 the armor arms are formed by the spring-pin c3, which maybe entirely seppin and it is convenientlymovableL by bending into line with or into a position' at.V right angles to the pin, in the former of which positions the pin is released and may be removed to uncouple the chain, and vin the latter of which the pin is securely held, so as to prevent unintentional uncoupling In practice .the chain-may be inade up with In Figs. 5".'

all the pins of either one of these forms or the chain principally composed of links held together by pins of the forni shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and a few links provided with pins of th'e form shown in Fig. et for convenience of connecting or disconnecting. y

I do not confine myself to either of these forms, but propose to use either, as may seem most desirable, or to rivetI the end of the pin in the usual manner, according to the use to which the chain is put; or the circumstances under which it is used.

Having thus described my invention, .what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A driving chain composed of counterpart links detachable when in line with each other, cach link consisting,r of a perforated end 'oar and two perforated side bars adapted to receive between them the end bar of the next link, in combi nation with transverse pins, each pin being provided with ahead, the remainder of the pin being adapted to pass freely through both the perforations of the side bars and of the end bar when the links are in line, the pin being provided with a fastening device at the end opposite the head, and with a rib at` the -link; transverse perforations insaid arms near their extremities; an enlargement or slot in one of said perforations; projections b, b, y on the inner sides of said arms, to resist; the i thrust of the adjoining link; combined with a coupling pin provided at one end wtha rib or feather to tit into the enlargement orislot,

and provided at the other end with a fastening device to prevent displacement or withdrawal of said pin.

. WILLIAM N. WI-ll'lELEY. v

- Witnesses:

OSCAR E. PERRIGO, F. B. FURNIss. 

